This chapter was a pretty long one. I like that the theme of
the gods making individuals do things for their and Siddhartha’s wills comes
back in this chapter. They make Chandaka fetch the horse for Siddhartha. I do
feel bad for Siddhartha’s family because they did not have the chance to say
good bye to them, especially since he does have a wife and son. However, his
will is so strong that thinking of them is not something he will succumb to.
And of course everyone is supremely sad that Siddhartha has
left them so suddenly. I still feel bad for them that Siddhartha left so
suddenly. And even the horse, Kanthaka is so lost in mourning for Siddhartha
that he dies of grief.
It was nice to have Maya come back into the story to see her
son and make sure that he was not dead. Man, I could never have the resolve
that Siddhartha had to practically waste away to nothing from being so involved
in meditation. Of course he needed to eat and gain fat to survive, however his
disciples did not think that he was doing it as he was supposed to, and now he
is alone.
Mara had not disturbed Siddhartha in the slightest, and he
meditated on. As he had earlier seen the golden bowl go upstream with the
thought that if it did then he would succeed, and he did succeed. His
enlightenment was quite the thing to think about, all the links that were
listed.
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| Image Information: Siddhartha and the Bowl; Web source: Wikimedia Commons |
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